Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-10-11

WAS. Probly not. Well. old Peyion be
war whis. A Harry Clay man. and
fur III. Union every time. A Harry
Clay old line Union Wing. and wan,
evsry one NV ye 10 shake hands. Old
Peyion B.S,sf's le,se was well attend.
I'D, for every Minneso,ian w, up and
shook hi, hard hand aud then took bis
scat. and studied the old face ss.in.
"They Was talk NV comm down on old
Pey,on and barnin' bis builtins aud con.
f.cs,in' his ,obarksr un such. BY them
dosgoned rebels under Baekner. ba, thiy
didn', do Il. and why. dye 'spo'c" We
admitted that We did no, know Why.
"Bseau.e old Peyton was rish, Peer'
.ho, aud they krow,d IT," Here he
chuekled 10 dry ~sy which had no
humor In Il. "Psrhip'." said be coar.
,eou,ly. "you would objse, TO an old
man lookin' over your kind u guns. and
he pointed to the stacked Hupsr's Ferry
rifie. In the corner 20, up snd dfe~
the cartridge from my rid, and handed u
10 him With a def hand be ihfe~ !,
10 hi. shoulder. weighed !, Ia hi. hsnd'.
and then with look Of DISCUS, handed
Il back.
"Too eo.re." said he; "ioo much
like a fo~lins piece. You un' wouldn',
care II I showed you a gun. would you .
You voul!n't tote II off and rob a. old
man. would ye nov ," and he smiled
that .arloaic smile.
The boy. told him TO so and se' his
gun. No one would tell Of Il or cary Il
away. With Ae,i.hks. 'Prngins s,sp
he vent TO the house aud soon returned
with tha, anomll0u, and now extinct
fre.rm. knovn a. the Kentucky squirrel
ride. Some Of the boys laughed when
they ..w IL. extreme length. With small
oe,ss son.l barrel aud . percussion OF mus
,.rd seed lock TIE old man handled u
sifr wsfe alive and could feel roash
touch. |, fred only J!.b.ll. Ia tbs
stock covered si,h plate Of silver ~s'
the patch boz. II WAS the wondrou'
gun ,ha, had made kentucky famous
AT 90 yari,." ..id the old man. "i'
make. a blue hole In q mans forfui
Al 30 yard. IL drives button OF = man''
Goa, through him. Ny boy Aly ns's'
bnns home no squirrels hii sny-her'
only IN the bead. he would be a'ham'
ed 10. That !, . gun.
"whsre IL your boy Ally nor," | 'ail
esrelsssly.
A shade passed over hi. face and bis
hand ,rembled =. hs ss, the stock Of ,h'
rid, on the groand "Aly wen, oif With
Baeknsr. lie va, too smart fur bis old
father. lie wen, to school a. Loai.vill'
and Cincinnati. aud he 90, high idse'
and be wen, off snd cursed him for 10
lie !. rebel no- and will never darker
my doors ssin. II you ua. see tall
pecr young man. with 'eu on hl
iorui and he answers 10 the name o.
An Baxter. tell him the eif'ss good yi'
I'm old Psy,oa Baxter Of Logan. eFo,'
mad. and never forget IT,"
Some of the msn 'huddsrei t" Ihel
..v ,hi, evidence OF Southern ue,eheiy
We TUNED TO our fire snd filed our pipe
a. the old man .hoaldsred his rid, and
aid: "Ef they .hoald Be sny hsh'in
,o.morrow I wan, you un' % give me oa'
,ho, With the oh rih,. will ye,"
I nodded an answer. and he went Z
hi, house and We e,nvss'ed the Psealis
condition Of society where such teaching
were obtained. The nigh. VI. . Ions
.nd vesry one. and A. ! went down ih'
muddy road to vi,i, aud relieve the v.
ds,,e.. I long,d Coz morning. AZ o.
clock Sind.y morning. the i9ih. a.
wearins. disappeared. sharp. stead!
Grin, vas heard out on the Mill sPrng
road. |, was ,nosins hsavily. bat melt
in, aud iavi.ible q, /, struck the sroaad
Back toward u, came the hiins. . III
men Of the Ten,h Indiana fell before whs
We =, las, found 10 be the whole Coated
crate force under Zollieoier aud Ci,ien
den. Col. Man,oa held the army al oa.
with hi. resimea,. Until a. d.yhsh, tn
sseoni Minne.o,s. the Ninth Ohio. III
Foar,h Kentucky and the Tenth lndiAn,
under Thomas. formed a line Of battle q
STAY the ADVANCE. From whsre ';oo'
on the bank Of Fishing Creek the seem
was indesehb.bly grand. The lins o
battle could be followed by the cloud o
white vspoi rising from the ra''l'n'
mu.ksuy. swinsins now ,his way, Ho'
that, the shouts OF commanders. the boon
Of the cannon. the steady, continuous rol
Of mu,ksuy. Ia~ al the squads call
ed away until only my little squad va
LEFT. Were we forsO,,en' "Hsre men
cock your pieces! Here comes ,qaA
Of e.v.lry down to the crossing" "Hal'
Who goes there ,
"wOolfOri. eav.lp. with de
spa,ehes."
"AdyArcs one dismoaniel and Civ
the eounter.isn a. the waters edge.
General Scott"
Correct. Advance all"
Some one touched my shoulder. aui
turned to find old Pey,oa Baxter a. my
side with his long rife. "Ei you un' j.
any shoo,in' give me chance" and h
smiled.
"All right" I said, "kssp with tn
men snd keep quiet"
Around the rish. Of our di,Ian, lins o
battle came q squad Of Zollicoh-fs re
serve eavalry-a dozen Of them sent I
look for an opportunity to ge, 10 the res
Of Thomr. Handsome horses they wer
on. and al had grey and black unifotn
and jingling slbres. The men sA~ then
aud cooked their pieces in silence. "Yo
neei no, fire." l said. "as sooa /. the
zee us they will turn"
"Now. sergeant" said the old man
"now give me one .ho'."
"All right, that will turn them"
said.
The long rias dropped iaio bis LEI
hand and iis murzle va, slowly elevated
Az II cams TO level IL WAS discharged
and sounded in the fossy morning Al
like the cracking Of stage drivers whip
The little squad Of cavalry Was In con
fusion for . moment and then turne'
snd gsllOped away.
"Sixty rods, II It VAS fo,;.' ssii III
old man; shut il turned 'em and | h.v